The Collaborative International Dictionary
Infirmity \In*firm"i*ty\, n.; pl. Infirmities. [L. infirmitas : cf. F. infirmite. See Infirm, a.]
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The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.
'T is the infirmity of his age.
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A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
Will you be cured of your infirmity ?
--Shak.A friend should bear his friend's infirmities.
--Shak.The house has also its infirmities.
--Evelyn.Syn: Debility; imbecility; weakness; feebleness; failing; foible; defect; disease; malady. See Debility.
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n. (plural of infirmity English)
Usage examples of "infirmities".
All his infirmities had suddenly left him, and they returned as suddenly upon the murder of that excellent prince.
As soon as the tumult of acclamations subsided, Tacitus attempted to decline the dangerous honor, and to express his wonder, that they should elect his age and infirmities to succeed the martial vigor of Aurelian.
He generously sold the gold and silver plate of the church to purchase the freedom of some, to alleviate the slavery of others, and to assist the wants and infirmities of a captive multitude, whose health was impaired by the hardships which they had suffered in their passage from Italy to Africa.
Devoid of its most essential properties, it might be exempt from the attributes and infirmities of the flesh.
His bodily infirmities prevented him from attending either to public or private affairs, as he had been accustomed, and he consequently witnessed both going to decay.
But in the midst of this repose, Florence endured great oppression from her principal citizens, and the infirmities of Piero incapacitated him from restraining their ambition.
There are infirmities not only of Body, but of Soul, and Fortunes, which do require the merciful hand of our abilities.